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Jones Day Offices

Jones Day
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2 TUN HWA SOUTH ROAD, SECTION 2
TAIPEI, 106
Taiwan
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Jones Day > The Legal 500 Rankings

Taiwan > Corporate and M&A Tier 1

Jones Day has a strong reputation for handling cross-border matters for multinationals and mid-market domestic companies in key economic sectors, including tech, energy, semiconductors, financial services, and telecoms. The practice, led by Tommy Chen, John Lin, and Jean Kuo, specialises in closing complex multi-jurisdictional and public M&A, managing corporate governance issues, and advising in relation to hostile takeovers. Associates Peggy Lee and Jeffrey Wang play key roles in the department and have both recently acted in connection with cross-border acquisitions for major clients.

Practice head(s):

Tommy Chen; John Lin; Jean Kuo

Other key lawyers:

Jeffrey Wang; Peggy Lee; Raymond Wang

Key clients

Albaugh, LLC

Yulon Group

Taiwan Cement Corporation

Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Universal Vision Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Dyaco International Inc.

Gigamedia Ltd.

VIA Technologies, Inc.

Yeong Chin Machinery Industries Co., Ltd.

Taiwan > Dispute resolution Tier 1

Jones Day’s Taipei-based dispute resolution practice is regularly instructed by major corporations to advise in relation to cross-border disputes, as well as in litigation before local courts and arbitral tribunals. Jason Chen, Ming-Wei Lo and Simon Yu jointly lead the team. Chen, a former judge, has broad experience, including in corporate governance, commercial arbitration, hostile takeovers, and breach of securities cases. Lo specialises in disputes arising from the Taiwan Securities Exchange Act. Co-lead Po-Chien Chen is based in Shanghai, and handles intellectual property and commercial disputes, as well as administrative litigation proceedings, for clients ranging from local entrepreneurs to global conglomerates.

Practice head(s):

Jason Chen; Ming-Wei Lo; Po-Chien Chen; Simon Yu

Key clients

Ting Hsin International Group

China General Terminal and Distribution Corp. (USI Group)

Nomura Global Financial Products Inc.

Ta Ya Venture Capital Co., Ltd.

Formosa Laboratories, Inc.

Fetek Technology Corporation

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.

HayDay Farm Holdings, LTD.

HK Jackson Ltd.

Pegavision Corporation

Philippe de Guyenro

Work highlights

Taiwan > Intellectual property Tier 1

Jones Day’s intellectual property team is particularly well known for handling patent and trade secrets disputes. Highly experienced IP lawyer Jason Chen co-leads alongside former district court judge Simon Yu in Taipei. Chen continues to represent a major semiconductor manufacturing company in relation to several intellectual property issues, including patent disputes and licence agreements, while Yu is noted for his strength in IP litigation. Third co-lead Po-Chien Chen is based in Shanghai, and specialises in trade secrets disputes, trademark matters, and privacy policy issues. Chen has previously advised several leading integrated circuit design houses in connection with IP disputes. Associate Barry Lai primarily deals with multijurisdictional litigation, particularly patent and trade secret disputes.

Practice head(s):

Jason Chen; Po-Chien Chen; Simon Yu

Other key lawyers:

Barry Lai

Key clients

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Gentle Pharma

Goodix

Work highlights

Taiwan > Projects and energy Tier 2

Jones Day, recently involved in several major cross-border renewable energy projects, has a strong reputation for its projects and energy offering in Taiwan. With considerable experience advising corporate and government-owned enterprises in connection with large-scale energy projects, Jean Kuo leads the department. Associate Peggy Lee plays a key role in the team, having been heavily involved in a number of recent mandates.

Practice head(s):

Jean Kuo

Other key lawyers:

Peggy Lee

Testimonials

‘This team provided a detailed and deep analysis of documents as well as a clear understanding of the essential points in those documents.’

Key clients

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Yulon Group

Tatung Forever Energy Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Advised Kawasaki Heavy Industries on its third LNG storage tank commission project owned by CPC corporation with the procurement amount of $243m.

Taiwan > Real estate and construction Tier 2

Jones Day’s real estate and construction practice has an established presence in Taiwan, with Jean Kuo in Taipei leading a seven-strong team experienced in handling major property and construction transactions. The team is especially strong in construction matters and regularly represents contractors, consultants and property owners in large-scale projects.

Practice head(s):

Jean Kuo

Key clients

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Yulon Group

Tatung Forever Energy Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

Taiwan > TMT Tier 2

Jones Day leverages the firm’s global reach to offer TMT expertise to clients in Taiwan, including in strategic telecoms investments and regulatory issues. Tommy Chen, with technology licensing and transfer experience, and John Lin, specialising in cross-border technology transactions, jointly head the Taipei-based practice. Associates Peggy Lee and Jeffrey Wang play key roles in the department.

Practice head(s):

Tommy Chen; John Lin

Other key lawyers:

Jeffrey Wang; Peggy Lee

Key clients

Yulon Group

Taiwan Cement Corporation

VIA Technologies, Inc.

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

Albaugh, LLC

Dyaco International Inc.

Gigamedia Ltd.

Qisda Corporation

Work highlights

Taiwan > Capital markets Tier 3

Jones Day > Firm Profile

The firm: Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents. The firm is distinguished by: a singular tradition of client service; the mutual commitment to, and the seamless collaboration of, a true partnership; formidable legal talent across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions; and shared professional values that focus on client needs.

Jones Day is an institutional partner for clients who seek counsel that seeks to understand them and their needs; that communicates with clients about their needs and the different tactics available for addressing those needs; that works seamlessly and impressively across offices and practices and with the client; that provides talent and expertise across subject areas and geographies; and that brings commitment and courage to the relationship and its engagements. We are formidable because every partner and every client has the entire global institution at their command and is a high priority of the firm as a whole. We are true partners, with each other and, even more importantly, with our clients.

Regions of practice
Asia-Pacific: Jones Day has committed substantial resources and capacity to serve each of Asia’s distinct markets, including China, Japan, Singapore and Southeast Asia, as well as Australia. Spread throughout ten offices in the region, the firm’s more than 180 lawyers represent clients in practice areas including antitrust, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial, energy, global disputes, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, and several others.

The majority of Jones Day’s Asia-based lawyers are admitted to practice local law in their home jurisdictions. Most have practiced in more than one country, enabling Jones Day’s Asia team to render multijurisdictional legal services. Jones Day has been granted a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice license (QFLP) in Singapore.

United States: Surveys repeatedly list Jones Day as one of the most frequently engaged law firms by US corporations for both transactional and disputes matters, and among the leaders in client service. Jones Day’s more than 1,500 lawyers across its 18 US offices collaborate to serve clients across practices and geographies on all major matters that span time-honored practices (antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and government regulation) to more recently established and expanded areas (cybersecurity, life sciences, energy, and technology) that specifically address the contemporary challenges of an increasingly complex global business and legal environment.

Europe and Middle East: Jones Day provides a significant presence in Europe that offers clients more than 575 lawyers from its European offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, and Paris. The firm’s lawyers counsel clients in administrative and public law, banking and finance, capital markets, competition law and regulatory, derivatives, market infrastructures, dispute resolution, and investigations.

In the Middle East, the firm’s Dubai-based lawyers have accumulated significant experience in most of the region’s key industries and jurisdictions, advising on mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions, projects and infrastructure, commercial transactions, real estate and construction matters, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.

Latin America: Jones Day is one of the leading global law firms serving the Latin American region through its offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, along with attorneys based in key business and legal centers such as New York, Houston, Dallas, Miami, and Madrid. Jones Day’s Latin American experience extends to mergers and acquisitions, investigations and anti-corruption, projects and infrastructure, banking and finance, energy, dispute resolution, business restructuring, private equity and capital markets.

Managing partner: Gregory M. Shumaker
Asia-Pacific offices: Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo
US offices: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C.
Europe and Middle East offices: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris
Latin America offices: Mexico City, São Paulo

Main areas of practice:

  • Antitrust and competition law
  • Business and tort litigation
  • Business restructuring and reorganization
  • Cybersecurity, privacy and data protection
  • Employee benefits and executive compensation
  • Energy
  • Financial markets
  • Global disputes
  • Government regulation
  • Health care and life sciences
  • Insurance recovery
  • Intellectual property
  • Investigations and white-collar defense
  • Issues and appeals
  • Labor and employment
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Real estate
  • Securities litigation and SEC enforcement
  • State Attorney General enforcement, investigations and litigation
  • Tax
  • Technology

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Managing Partner Gregory M. Shumaker